People share stories, connect with others going through nightmare on Missing Persons Day

People share stories, connect with others going through nightmare on Missing Persons Day

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Updated: 6:38 PM CDT Apr 8, 2017

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WEBVTT LSEY POWELL JOINS US LIVE.KELSEY FAMILIES WERE ENCOURAGEDTO COME HERE TO THE FRIEND SIXSCIENCE INSTITUTE TO BRINGPOLICE REPORTS, X-RAYS, OR OTHERDOCUMENTS THEY COULD USE TOENTER THEIR LOVED ONE INTO ANATIONAL MISSING PERSONSDATABASE.THIS IS A DATABASE AND RESOURCECENTER FOR MISSING ORUNIDENTIFIED PERSONS' RECORDS.A DOZEN OR SO PEOPLE GATHERED TOSHARE THEIR STORIES AND CONNECTWITH OTHERS IN SIMILARSITUATIONS.CARL SON TOMMY WAS LAST SEEN INJULY OF 2013.SHE HAS BEEN COMING TO THISEVENT FOR THREE YEARS.IT IS A NIGHTMARE.THAT IS WHAT IT IS.YOU DO NOT WHERE TO TURN OR KNOWWHAT TO DO.YOU DO NOT KNOW THE FIRST STEPSTO TAKE.KELSEY: THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S

People share stories, connect with others going through nightmare on Missing Persons Day

Family members were encouraged to bring police reports, X-rays and other documents Saturday to the Forensic Science Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma on Missing Persons Day.

Representatives from the National Missing Persons Database collected about a dozen people's information that will be put into a national database. The people who met at UCO shared their stories and connected with others who are in similar situations.